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Rifleman JOHN MARTINUS KOPPENS

Service Number: 3247420
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELMES WAR CEMETERY

V. A. 3.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Maria Koppens, of Astley, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. FATHER, BROTHERS AND SISTERS
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Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELMES WAR CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 233
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